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Another phosphate mine find. We are hoping to get information as to what it is. Found in Central Florida.
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This was found in Hardee County, Florida. Close to a phosphate mining facility. we are curious as to what it is, and also the age.
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So, I havent been active for a bit. Other hobbies and life dontcha know. But last night my sons dog decided he would dig around in one of the boxes of fossil stuff I have and pulled out a big zip loc bag of teeth I collected back in the late 90s, early 2000's down in Fla. the phosphate mine would not allow us in the mine (ARGH) but did allow us to collect where they dumped the slurry from processing. Needless to say, the vast majority of the stuff was beat to hell. An occasional gem was found, but mostly broken stuff. Since the dog dragged it out, I went through it and pulled the best of the damaged stuff. Even broken, you can see how gorgeous they would have been whole. I think it makes for a decent little mount regardless. And it reminds me I have boxes o stuff to go through yet. LOL
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From the album: FloridaWhales
Order: Artiodactyl Infraorder: Cetecea Family: Physeteridae Genus: Unknown Species: Unknown Whale tooth, Length 10.7 cm, 4.2 Inches One in a box of broken Whale teeth found in Bone Valley Phosphate Mine in the 2000s -
From the album: TEETH & JAWS
A couple of Hemipristis serra anterior teeth from a phosphate mine in Polk County, Florida. The larger (upper) tooth slant length is 37.9 mm. (This image is best viewed by clicking on the button on the upper right of this page => "other sizes" => "large".)© Harry Pristis 2015
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Last Friday, I joined other members of FCOLC (Fossil Club of Lee County) at a Phosphate mine just north of Wauchula Florida. Basically, we are allowed to walk around on a huge area of processed removed overburden -- at this location , the overburden is 16 feet, with the clay and phosphate layers below that level. The mine strips the overburden and processes the phosphate layer. Others found some almost perfect megs, some nice horse teeth, but my own finds were few and far between. Having said that, I always find something of interest. The "processing" usually chips or breaks the majority of teeth as you can see form the photos. I did find what seemed to be mastodon teeth fragments, but I am not sure of the largest piece. Is it tooth or just another rocky concretion? All they all tooth fragments, all rock concretions, or a mixture? It was muddy, some mosquitoes, and rained for the last hour, but I enjoyed the trip -- a lot better that working in the yard and my other more normal activities.
